Early days

Cape Town .

First feelings about this holiday? " Peter, we all wish you were with us" however your news is very encouraging and that you are getting released from the clutches of the NHS gives us a reason ( as if we needed one) to tryout the wonderful South African wine and raise our glasses to your continued recovery.

Yesterday after an overnight flight we were pretty bleary eyed and thick headed as we walked the mile from the plane to passport control, we did not have to wait and once through customs we met our driver "welcome to Cape Town.Please give me your cases" big beaming smile .

"Mrs Jones, do you have a case?"

OMG

"Where 's my case?"

Yes indeed where is her case, it is back INSIDE the customs hall by the American Express desk.

Easy, just retrace your steps back through the EXIT of the customes hall.

Men in uniforms , forms to be signed, not just one Group4 man but several security men. Very nice gentlemen escort her backward through security and happily to find her case just where she had left it.

After a lovely lunch down on the Sea front we decided to take advice we had been given and take a ride on the Blue Hop on Hop off bus , a two and a half hour journey round the outskirts of Cape Town and behind Table Mountain an excellent way to get your bearings and the traffic jams allowed us to have a few naps en route which were much needed after the flight. It is a beautiful city so clean very modern.
In the evening we were running on low and very tired so at the suggestion of our B & B went to eat along the sea front to a restaurant called Theo's. If ever you come here give it a miss. Not terrible but by the standards of service and restaurants we have discovered since you can do soooo much better.

Our first surprise was a bread issue. We had "three" pieces supplied on our table for "three". Ok, we just ask for more. Ha ,ha ,ha,no, no, no. With a perfectly straight face our waitress actually told us that the bread was portioned to the amount of customer reservations. Therefore for no extra slice of bread. We couldn't belive it either. The meal was fine once it finally arrived, Franco had a Roebuck steak which was actually two huge portions of meat and our ribeyes were also man size. Another learning curve here , portions are extremely generous and "sharing " is good.
With the combination of wine and tiredness kicking in for all three of us Franco , thinking of our taxi driver and knowing how pleased he would be with the food, asked the waitress if we could have a " baggie dog for his reebok steak"

The taxi driver appreciated both the story and the gift.

Location:Cape Town